Which to use
“délivrée” and “délivrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,687
- “délivrée” frequency rank
- #40,225
- “délivrent” frequency rank
- 57912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délivrée | délivrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de délivrer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de délivrer. |
Where the eye mixes délivrée and délivrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. délivrée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against délivrent's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: délivrée vs délivrent
A purely visual mix-up. délivrée (\de.li.vʁe\) and délivrent (\de.livʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délivrée is recorded at frequency rank #17,687, classified as averb, pronounced \de.li.vʁe\. délivrent is at rank #40,225, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.livʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 57912, this pair ranks #112,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délivrée vs délivrent
Shared letters: deilrvé. Private to "délivrée": -. Private to "délivrent": nt.
"délivrée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "délivrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "délivrée" for "délivrent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "délivrée" or "délivrent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "délivrée" and "délivrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délivrée" and "délivrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délivrent vs dérivent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #112,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.